U.K. seller gives his 2001 Focus a colorful pitch on eBay

It's unlikely that many people in the United States are interested in buying a right-hand-drive 2001 Ford Focus Ghia with more than 107,000 miles on the odometer. For starters, you'd have to import it from the U.K.

But if this car doesn't sell on eBay it won't be for lack of effort--or creativity--by the seller.

Less than a day remains on this listing, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/220768216260#ht_9151wt_1139, so you don't have much time to enjoy the more than 1,200 words that colorfully tout this Focus. The current bid is about 920 British pounds, or about $1,500 at current exchange rates.

Here are some highlights:

-- "If Trebor made car paint then I imagine it would look something like the colour of this car, it's a pale minty green. I will include some green Trebor mints in the sale so that you can compare for yourself."

-- "Inside its quite lovely, dark and mysterious but shiny and clean. I would feel quite happy to host a business conference inside it. Refreshments could be served through one of the electrically operated windows. Drinks could be placed in 1 of the 2 available cup holders."

-- "It's a Ford Focus from 2001 which is exactly 1 year after 2000 when the world didn't end and VCRs continued to work."

-- "The windows are unbroken glass, have no chips and critically are transparent unlike bricks which are not often used as a window making material, they are tinted at the back so if you take that lass from the chippy up the hills you can do what you like in the back and won't be seen."

-- "Don't forget its fathers day soon! What do you buy the dad who has everything? Well if he has a crazy a$$ large desk you could buy him a full scale replica ford focus 1.8 zetec ghia paperweight."

By Dale Jewett